diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 4465d25..c1c061c 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -893,14 +893,12 @@ func housekeeping(repo string, march string, wg *sync.WaitGroup) error {
 		}
 
 		if dbPkg.Status == dbpackage.StatusLatest && dbPkg.RepoVersion != "" {
-			missingSplit := false
 			var existingSplits []string
 			var missingSplits []string
 			for _, splitPkg := range dbPkg.Packages {
 				pkgFile := filepath.Join(conf.Basedir.Repo, fullRepo, "os", conf.Arch,
 					splitPkg+"-"+dbPkg.RepoVersion+"-"+conf.Arch+".pkg.tar.zst")
 				if _, err := os.Stat(pkgFile); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-					missingSplit = true
 					missingSplits = append(missingSplits, splitPkg)
 				} else if err != nil {
 					log.Warningf("[HK] error reading package-file %s: %v", splitPkg, err)
@@ -909,7 +907,7 @@ func housekeeping(repo string, march string, wg *sync.WaitGroup) error {
 				}
 			}
 
-			if missingSplit {
+			if len(missingSplits) > 0 {
 				log.Infof("[HK] missing split-package(s) %s for pkgbase %s", missingSplits, dbPkg.Pkgbase)
 				pkg.DbPackage, err = pkg.DbPackage.Update().ClearRepoVersion().ClearHash().SetStatus(dbpackage.StatusQueued).Save(context.Background())
 				if err != nil {